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Becoming Washington (2000)

by Glenn Beck(Favorite Author)

4.04 of 5 Votes: 4

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review 1: I am somewhat ambivalent when it comes to Beck. I think he means well, but the results of his projects are hit and miss. This book seems to illustrate both. I guess I like history to be more cut and dried than novelized, because I found myself frustrated whenever obvious additional dramatic details were added: Tightening chests, quickening breaths, sighs of disappointment, etc. I understand the intent to make the material more exciting or immersive, but it just distracted me from the otherwise interesting information regarding Washington's life.
review 2: This was a really good book IF you are looking for the extreme basics of Washington's life. I bet Glen Beck would agree it is impossible to get into real depth in only a 10 hour Washington biography. This... more book was informative but not really. It was as informative as can be in such a short book. But I think Beck was going for something different here. He just wanted to skim the greatness of the man and get the point across that if any of us can be 1/4 the man Washington was than we will leave this world better than we found it. Fore more details about the man read Washington: A Life by: Ron Chernow. less

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readingvivikt

A decent book about George Washington. The letters and journals quoted are awesome. Glenn Beck's views and imaginings of what was going on in Washington's mind, not so awesome. Not terrible, don't get me wrong. Just, I find supposition of the actual dialogue and emotions of a historical character as rather pointless. Though I did enjoy the subtle comparison of George Washington to Captain Moroni. Great men really do exist still.

Alex

While I understand the point of the book was to portray why we should be more like George Washington, aside from the storytelling bits (which were my favorite parts and well-written) I felt like I was listening to hours of monologue on God's gift to the world Washington, the like of which the world will never see again. It was a little irritating at times. But overall, the book was enjoyable. I liked it.

danch

Lots of war stuff here and not as much fun and interesting facts as I would have thought. Oh well!

Ashkin83

You will learn a lot about George Washington and what a man of real integrity is like.

0000

Interesting info about Washington, not so interested in political commentary.

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